334, Lot: 130. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Half Stater – Siglos (17mm, 4.98 g). Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Double incuse punch. Berk 22; SNG Kayhan 1024-6; Traité I 409. VF, toned, roughness.

The siglos denomination was only used by the Persians, hence the present attribution to the time of Cyrus to Darios I.